Family Physicians, Caribbean Public Health Association, Life Member, Junior
Doctors Association. Born: London, England, July 1, 1948, son of John
Joseph Figueroa, Educator, Poet and Journalist and Dorothy Grace, Teacher. Educated:
St. Georges College; Holy Cross College, USA; University of the West
Indies; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Career: Medical
Officer UHWI; Bustamante Hospital for Children and Kingston Public Hospital
1972-74; Medical Officer (Health) for St Thomas, Kingston and St Andrew 1976;
Senior Medical Officer (Health) KSA 1979. Has performed several consultancies in
the Caribbean and elsewhere on primary health care and AIDS. Caribbean
Representative to P.A.H.O.s Technical Advisory Group for an Expanded
Programme of Immunization; Member, Technical Advisory Group, AIDSCAPS (AID
Control and Prevention Program) Family Health International. Awards:
Prizes at UWI Medical School for Junior Surgery, Paediatrics, Social and
Preventive medicine and Anatomy; Rockefeller Fellowship, 1988; Medical
Association of Jamaica Presidents Award 1991 for Outstanding Service to
the Medical profession and the Association. Publications/Creative Work:
Numerous articles and studies published in the West Indies Medical Journal,
and International Journals. Amongst the most recent are: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic
in Jamaica in AIDS 1995; Rising HIV-1 prevalence in STD Clinic Attenders in
Jamaica; Traumatic sex

FLETCHER, Peter Raymond, M.B., B.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. F.I.C.S.;
Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of the West
Indies, Mona since 1991. Organizations: Council Member 
Association of Surgeons in Jamaica; UWI Medical Alumni, Jamaica Chapter; Member
 Medical Association of Jamaica; American Burns Association; International
Society for Burn Injuries; Governor, American College of Surgeons. Born:
Kingston, Jamaica, July 22, 1941, son of Douglas V. Fletcher, Attorney-at-Law,
and Eda Hazel Rose-Fletcher. Educated: St. Andrew Preparatory School,
Jamaica and Kingston Colleges, University of the West

1955-60; Announcer 1960-61 Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (J.B.C.);
Scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (England)  while there
worked with B.B.C. Radio and Television, Nuffield Foundation among others.
Producer, Presenter Radio and Television JBC 1966-68; Librarian I.B.M., A.B.C.
Radio and Television (Queensland, Australia), 1968-70. Producer Presenter TV
1970-72, Head FM

since 1973. Awards: Bronze Musgrave Medal,Centenary Medal Institute
of Jamaica. Won several Gold medals for Craft. Creative Works: Leading
roles in approximately 12 pantomimes, appeared in leading plays and films
including Miss Unusual, Sea Mama, The Rope and the Cross,
Old Story Time, Champagne and Sky Juice  Children of
Babylon, Wrote and Directed Whats good for the Goose; Lets
say Grace for TV and Radio. Also appears in several advertisements. Denomination:
Moravian. Children: 2 sons,

Member Council, University of the West Indies. Born: Phoenix Park,
Moneague, St. Ann, May 12, 1915; son of the later Horace A. Fowler, Planter, and
Agnes Braham-Fowler. Educated: Jamaica College, Worcester College,
Oxford University (Active in Oxford University

(Jamaica); Member, Communication Committee; UNESCO National Commission;
Public Relations Society of Jamaica; International Association of Business
Communicators. Born: Manchester, Jamaica, September 23, 1947; daughter
of the late

FRANCIS, Lt. Col. Samuel Benjamin, O.D., J.P., B.Sc., M.J.I.M.;
Educator, Administrator and Management Specialist; Director of Priory School
since January 1994. Organisations: Director, American Field Service;
Colonel and Commandant of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force; Member of, The Vere
Free Schools Trust; The Ministry of Education Teacher Recruitment Team to
England, Scotland, Canada, U.S.A.; The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association;
Jamaican High School Representative of the Advisory Committee of the Pen Relays.
Born: Manchester, Jamaica, December 3, 1923; son of the late Lushington
Francis, Farmer, and Albertha Pinnock-Francis. Educated: Patrick Town
and Snowdon All-Age Schools, Buxton High School, Mico Teachers Training
College, Ohio State University

(Ohio, U.S.A.). Career: Trained Teacher, Mico Practising School;
Assistant Master, Knockalva Training Centre; Deputy Headmaster, Knockalva
Training Centre; Principal, Vere Technical High School; Management, Education
and Training Consultant to the Ministry of Education, Statutory Bodies, Private
Organisations. Awards: Order of Distinction; Jamaica Independence Badge
of Honour; Jamaica Combined Cadet Force Long Service; for services to the field
of Technical Education from Kingston Technical and Vere Technical; from I.O.C.
for services to Sports and Games; from Carreras Sports Foundation for services
in Sports Administration; Mico College 150th Anniversary Medal for services to
Education; Distinguished Teacher Award presented by the Mico Old Students
Association; Honour Award from the Rotary Club of Clarendon for outstanding and
dedicated service in the area of Education 1993-94; nominated Honorary Referee
in the 100th running of the 1994 Penn Relays; from the Lions Club of Clarendon
in recognition of Outstanding Service to Education in the Parish of Clarendon,
February 1995;

from Heart Trust in recognition of dedicated service to Apprentice Training,
June 1995; Inter-Secondary Sports Association Award for dedicated service to the
development of School Boys and Girls Sports and for outstanding contribution to
the Association, June 1995. Publications: Articles on Strategies to
reduce unemployment in Jamaica; Facilities Management in Educational
Institutions; Survey of High School System in Jamaica; a Review of the
Development of Technical and Vocational Education in Jamaica; the Incidence of
Indiscipline in High Schools in Jamaica; Financing Secondary Education in
Jamaica; Managing a School on Limited Resources; the Basic Elements in the
Caribbean Culture, and many others. Denomination: Anglican. Married:
Pamela Theresa Sanson, September 2, 1961; 2 daughters. Interests:
Photography, Listening to classical and Church music, Horticulture, Landscaping,
Technical Education, Cadet Training, Schoolboy Football, Athletics. Motto:
The awareness of ones duty as a citizen must not be allowed to wear
thin, against the perennial abrasive of personal concerns. Address:
(Business) Priory School, 32 Hope Road, Kingston 10; Tel. 968-3956; (residence)
P.O. Box 657, Kingston 8.